[GOLD][PATCH] Fix ARM backend's handling of protected symbol in a DSO

Cary Coutant ccoutant@google.com
Wed Mar 14 22:14:00 GMT 2012


>> diff -u -u -p -r1.146 arm.cc
>> --- gold/arm.cc       3 Feb 2012 20:01:01 -0000       1.146
>> +++ gold/arm.cc       14 Mar 2012 08:44:14 -0000
>> @@ -8314,7 +8314,9 @@ Target_arm<big_endian>::Scan::global(Sym
>>           Reloc_section* rel_dyn = target->rel_dyn_section(layout);
>>           if (gsym->is_from_dynobj()
>>               || gsym->is_undefined()
>> -             || gsym->is_preemptible())
>> +             || gsym->is_preemptible()
>> +             || (gsym->visibility() == elfcpp::STV_PROTECTED
>> +                 && parameters->options().shared()))
>>             got->add_global_with_rel(gsym, GOT_TYPE_STANDARD,
>>                                      rel_dyn, elfcpp::R_ARM_GLOB_DAT);
>>           else
>
>
> Usually tests for whether to generate a dynamic reloc should check
> parameters->options().output_is_position_independent() rather than
> parameters->options().shared().  The difference is that the former is
> also true for -pie.

This is checking to see if the symbol is a protected symbol in a
shared library, so the test for shared() is correct, I believe. If
it's protected in a PIE, using a RELATIVE relocation here should be
fine.

-cary



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